According to one intrepid tipster's account, published on Gizmodo, there were around 30 such vehicles, parked waiting to do Google's bidding. Presumably these vehicles are part of Google's StreetView mapping initiative -- an ambitious project to collect street level photographs of just about every road in the America, and integrate the photos with Google Maps.

I suppose if you're going to expand your legion of terror, the Chevy Cobalt is as good a vehicle as any. Hey, at least they bought domestic...